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Blue Jays Discussion: Off-Season Pt V: Spring(er) has Sprung: Jays sign OF George Springer (6y/$150m)

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TF97 said:
Hazel Mae is one of the best in her field and was just given poor information. It happens to everyone at some point and its unfortunate that it happened to her. Now, lets not allow this to take away from the fact that George Springer is now a Blue Jay and the team still has plenty of payroll space and options they could pursue.
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Exactly. No Brantley sucks but the Jays will still have a great line-up and have more flexibility to go after Bauer and other SP's.
 
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I would love to get Ramirez to play 3rd base.

What a pickup that would be and after that grab a pitcher.
 
smitty10 said:
Unfortunately he has always had pretty extreme reactions to news, performance, etc. This reaction is par for the course.
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Oh, I absolutely know. This was just a bit more distasteful than his usual fare for me because as much as I loathe freaking out at a player with a fit of childish name-calling and aggressive insults/threats in the heat of the moment during a game, it's a step beyond to basically advocate destroying someone's entire career because of one solitary and reasonably understandable mistake.
 
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The Nemesis said:
This is what's disgusting and you should be embarrassed that your first reaction to things happening is to post this and apparently believe it without a trace of irony.

And no, none of the "I'm just a passionate fan" crap that you've used to play off your over-reactive knee-jerk reactions in the past covers for the fact that you're advocating someone having their career ruined because they got snookered by a false rumor or over-eager source once. Something that really means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things because it's one bad flub in a sea of otherwise perfectly fine reporting and (no matter what you might claim) causes absolutely no injury to you or anyone else in her audience other than self-imposed frustration and rage (which isn't her fault. Or anyone else's for that matter.)

If you want to talk disgrace and moronic behavior, go look in a mirror. Because there is no place for this petty, childish bullshit on here.
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Yup. It's an awful response and pretty embarrassing. I'm not a fan of Hazel but her reporting is top notch, and to think she should lose her career just because she got fed wrong information?
 
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Journalism in the Twitter age has gone to crap. People are so quick to be "first" instead of waiting to make sure what their reporting is 100% true
 
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The Nemesis said:
Oh, I absolutely know. This was just a bit more distasteful than his usual fare for me because as much as I loathe freaking out at a player with a fit of childish name-calling and aggressive insults/threats in the heat of the moment during a game, it's a step beyond to basically advocate destroying someone's entire career because of one solitary and reasonably understandable mistake.
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Agreed. Imagine making a mistake at your job or being given incorrect information? Throw her in jail while you're at it.
 
theaub said:


lmao
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Honestly as cool as if would have been... It didn't really make sense with 4 outfielders on the roster plus Biggio.

Gurriel - Springer - Hernandez is more than capable, with Grichuk there as well.

Rotation and a catcher would be nice.
 
The Nemesis said:
Oh, I absolutely know. This was just a bit more distasteful than his usual fare for me because as much as I loathe freaking out at a player with a fit of childish name-calling and aggressive insults/threats in the heat of the moment during a game, it's a step beyond to basically advocate destroying someone's entire career because of one solitary and reasonably understandable mistake.
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She’s not the first to make a mistake and she won’t be the last. I gotta believe if she reported it then we were in the running and someone got a bit ahead of themselves. He likely circled back to Houston, said this is what they put on the table what are you willing to do.
 
BehindTheTimes said:
She’s not the first to make a mistake and she won’t be the last. I gotta believe if she reported it then we were in the running and someone got a bit ahead of themselves. He likely circled back to Houston, said this is what they put on the table what are you willing to do.
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Not to mention all kinds of highly reputable reporters jumped in after her with the "my sources confirm" stuff. She was far from alone in making the mistake.
 
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Lol! Whoops. A good lesson for the news breakers I guess. Baseball signings seem to take longer to become official than other sports anyway.
 
Discoverer said:
Not to mention all kinds of highly reputable reporters jumped in after her with the "my sources confirm" stuff. She was far from alone in making the mistake.
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not a fan of Hazel, but when you represent the Blue Jays you better be 100% sure the deal is done before reporting it. Better to be right and not just gunning to be the 1st to report it. Not a fireable offence, but unprofessional.
 
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The Nemesis said:
This is what's disgusting and you should be embarrassed that your first reaction to things happening is to post this and apparently believe it without a trace of irony.

And no, none of the "I'm just a passionate fan" crap that you've used to play off your over-reactive knee-jerk reactions in the past covers for the fact that you're advocating someone having their career ruined because they got snookered by a false rumor or over-eager source once. Something that really means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things because it's one bad flub in a sea of otherwise perfectly fine reporting and (no matter what you might claim) causes absolutely no injury to you or anyone else in her audience other than self-imposed frustration and rage (which isn't her fault. Or anyone else's for that matter.)

If you want to talk disgrace and moronic behavior, go look in a mirror. Because there is no place for this petty, childish bullshit on here.
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So reporting false info is perfectly ok and professional? No it's not. She should face consequences. She was completely wrong and this was a hugeee mistake. People have lost their jobs for less.
 
shaner89 said:
So reporting false info is perfectly ok and professional? No it's not. She should face consequences. She was completely wrong and this was a hugeee mistake. People have lost their jobs for less.
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How do you know she was reporting false info? She got fed wrong info which is not her fault. The other insiders reported the same thing and I don't think many are saying they should be fired.
She isn't going anywhere.
 
BlueForever75 said:
I cant believe all of you are getting bent out of shape on this Brantley contract. Im telling you its done.

Jays are focusing at this moment on the domino move that will need to take place for this signing to happen. Their 40 man roster for one is full. So players need to be removed to add Brantley. Also, there are multiple options the team is sifting through before deciding on a deal.

Rome wasnt built in one day my fellow Jays fans. Patience is a virtue.
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Ouch
 
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